Railway crossing



Sep&. 111, 1923.

W. DALEY ET AL RAILWAY CROSSING Filed Oct. 8, 1921 1' Patented crept.ll,

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To all whom it may canoe m lle it known that we, VVrL-Lmn DALEZ,' Joni:DAIJCY, and .losicrir DALEY, citizens of the United States, residing, atBolitar, in the county of 'l uscarawas and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Railway Crossing. of which the tollowingis a speck'lication.

This invention relates to railway crossings and more particularly to acrossing tormed'o't a plurality of cement or similar blocks.

The crossings now in general use through the country, are composed ofheavy planks which are mounted upon the ties and fixed thereto byspikes.

Crossings of this character are always considerably damaged when it isnecessary to tear up and re-lay the same, the spikes which. connect theplanks to the ties cannot be withdrawn without splitting or otherwise dainagin e' the planks, and as it is frequently necessary to tear upcrossings in order to keep the track in repair, the cost of niaintaining plank crossings is quite high. Con siderable time and labor arealso required to install and maintain plank crossings.

Solid cement or concrete crossings as well brick crossings are sometimesused at the intersection of a railroad track and a paved street or road,but besides being expensive to install and maintain, crossings of thischaracter have proven unsatisfactory, as they form a hard spot in thetrack, frequently causing the rails to break when they are subjected toa heavy load; while the passing of trains, as well as frost, cause thebricks to wear loose or break.

The objects of the present invention are to provide a railway crossingwhich is more durable than a plank crossing, and which overcomes theobjections to a solid concrete or block crossing and which is soconstructed that it can be torn up and re-laid easily and cheaply andwithout danger of injury to the crossing; the crossing being soconstructed that it may be laid directly on the ties and will notinterfere with the natural wave motion of the rails or be ailected bymovement in the bed of the track produced by excessive loads or frost.

With these objects in View, the invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of parts. hereinafter described and illustrated in theaccompanying drav-ring, it being Serial 0. 506,390.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.

The usual track ties are indicated in the drawing at l, and the rails at2, it being understood that both oi these parts are of the usualconstruction. The crossing is composed of the inner blocks 3 and theouter blocks 4:, all of which are formed of cement or the like and areof suitable height to register with the top of the rails.

Each of the inner blocks 3 is of a length substantially equal toone-half the distance between the rails, the abutting ends of saidblocks being straight as shown at 41*, while the outer ends are cut awayat the top and bottom, forming; the reduced. extension 5 ar ranged toengage the web of the rail and being cut away sufiiciently at the topand bottom to prevent the same from contacting with the ball of the railor base flange as best shown at Fig. 3, thus allowing the rail to settleunder a heavy weight without resting upon the block, and permitting theusual angle bars to be used at rail joints, allowing the rail to springup and down without engaging the block.

Each of the outer blocks 4: is provided with a sinular reduced portion 6cut away below the ball of t 1e rail and above the base flange of therail and provided with a groove 7 which allows the outer edge of thewheel of an engine or car to extend outwardly beyond the ball of therail without engaging the block.

Certain of the inner blocks 3 are provided at their inner ends with thevertical grooves 8 to permit the insertion of a hook in order that theblock may be hoisted up when it is necessari to make repairs upon thecrossing. Curved or tapered blocks, such as the quarter round blocks 9are preferably provided lit) along each side of the crossing restingupon the adjacent ties into which spikes 10 are driven to preventlateral movement of the blocks comprising the crossing.

It will thus be seen that a crossing may be easily and quickly built upfrom blocks such-as above described, the crossing thus produced beingfree from the objections which are common to the'usual forms ofcrossings.

It Wlll also be evident that this crossing may be easily torn down andrepaired Without danger of damaging the same, While no hard spots areformed in the rails and the iatural wave motion of the rails is notaffect. cd or interfered with either by movement in the bed produced. bya passing train or by frost.

Although the drawings and above specification disclose the best mode inwhich we have contemplated embodying our invention,

circumstances require or experience suggests, Without departing from thespirit of the invention, Within the scope of the appended claim.

We claim A railway crossing comprising in combination With ties andrails, a plurality of blocks loosely mounted upon the ties upon eachside of the rails, the blocks being of a suflicient width to span twoadjacent ties, each of the blocks between the rails being of sutiicientlength to span half of the dis tance between the rails, each block beingprovided upon the end adjacent to the rails with a reduced extension ofsufficient length to permit contact with the webs only of the rails andvertical grooves upon the contacting edges of the blocks between therails to permit the insertion of a tool. "for removing the blocks.

In testimony that we claim the above, We have hereunto subscribed ournames.

WILLIAM DALEY. JOHN DALEY. JOSEPH DALEY.

